secretary jay carney switched gears and he said this, he said, it is self-evident that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. later that same day, the president said this on the spanish language network, univision. >> what we've seen over the last week, week and a half, is something that actually we've seen in the past where there is a festive video or cartoon directed at the prophet muhammad and this is obviously something that then is used as an excuse by some to carry out inexcusable acts, directed at westerners or americans. >> and now i've said this before, let me say again, not saying it lightly and not saying it to be sensational, your government lied to you. there is no doubt whatsoever there was intelligence and information that led to the clear conclusion that there was something brewing. on september the 4th, a letter was written and posted in the jerusalem post on september the 11th itself and that letter specifically said there was something brewing that might happen to the embassy in egypt. the number two security official in libya had sent word three days before to the